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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to lra/mackup got a first human reply in a median of 13.2 hours (11 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,427 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 607 of 1,525 (the top 40%).

Key facts
Rank1,427 of 3,219
Score51.84
TierC
Median first reply13.2 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank607 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,427 of 3,219
Score
51.84
Tier
C
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 34.6 (coverage 100%), friction 30.2 (coverage 90%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness92.185%
Criticality29.9100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor31.8100%
Accessibility43.285%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.83.3%100.01210 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lra__mackup.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.315—primaryraw/author_history/lra__mackup.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.13.2 hours (0.6 days)96.41110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lra__mackup.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.128.2 hours (5.3 days)76.51010 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lra__mackup.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.134.4——primaryraw/dependents/lra__mackup.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.913 downloads a month10.9——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__mackup.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.382438.2——primaryraw/github_meta/lra__mackup.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0114—primaryraw/commits_365d/lra__mackup.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/lra__mackup.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/lra__mackup.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/lra__mackup.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.32.532.5——primaryraw/scorecard/lra__mackup.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.2%22.71110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/lra__mackup.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.014—primaryraw/actions_runs/lra__mackup.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.37.5%75.08—primaryraw/author_history/lra__mackup.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/lra__mackup.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,427 of 3,21951.84CRated
First-timer607 of 1,52558.93BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,242 of 3,69647.42CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
18ab07f964f13fd42009d42edd7657aab680f7693363fa7bb51759404a61ec6c

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ad.json, under the key lra/mackup.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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